13th World Computer Congress IFIP Congress '94 Computer and Communications Evolution - The Driving Forces - Invitation and 2nd Call for Contributions Hamburg, Germany August 28 - September 2, 1994 International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI) on the Occasion of its 25th Anniversary General Chairman: Prof. Dr. W. Brauer, Germany Institut fuer Informatik der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen D-80290 Muenchen Germany e-mail: brauer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de IFIP '94 Conference Seretariat: Congress Centrum Hamburg Congress Organisation P.O. Box 30 24 80 D-20308 Hamburg, Germany tel: +49 40 3569-2242 fax: +49 40 3569-2343 Program Committee: Dr. R. P. Uhlig, USA, Chairman J. Barzdins, Latvia - K. Brunnstein, Germany - R. Clarke, Australia - K. Duncan, USA - E. El Sayed, Egypt - A. Elci, China/Turkey - D. Farber, USA - R. Freivalds, Latvia - Z. Galil, USA - Y. Gurevich, USA - C. Guy, South Africa - H. Hashizumi, Japan - K.-T. Huang, Singapore - K. Krueger, USA - J.C. Laprie, France - V. Marik, Czech Republique - B. McColl, U.K. - H. Meleis, U.K. - B. Neumann, Germany - S. Nishikawa, Japan - L. Pacholski, Poland - B. Pehrson, Sweden - D. Perrin, France - R. Petrella, Belgium - E. Raubold, Germany - A. Salwicki, France - H. Schwaertzel, Germany - I. Simon, Brazil - Y. Tanaka, Japan - A. Tantawy, USA - L. Tarouco, Brazil - R. Traunmueller, Austria - E. Vogt, Germany - G. Wechsung, Germany - M. Yamamoto, Japan - K. Kaiser, Germany, OC Chair - W. Brauer, Germany, Past Chair - Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. K. Kaiser, Germany, Chairman Regionales Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Hamburg Schlueterstr. 70 D-20146 Hamburg Germany e-mail: kaiser@rz.informatik.uni-hamburg.d400.de Tutorials and Workshops: Dr. M. Laska, Germany Deutsche Informatik - Akademie Wissenschaftszentrum Ahrstrasse 45 D-53175 Bonn tel.: +49 228 302-64/65 fax: +49 228 3786-90 Invitation and 2nd Call for Contributions IFIP CONGRESS '94 International Federation for Information Processing 13th World Computer Congress Computer and Communications Evolution - The Driving Forces - Hamburg, Germany August 28 - September 2, 1994 Phase 1 - Information Presentation Congress Goals Theme: Computer and Communications Evolution - The Driving Forces - Goal to answer the questions: - Are We Developing the Right Technology and Applications? - What Will Be the Impact of These Developments? - What Should We Do Differently? Keynote Session Topic Impact of Investment Strategies on Computer and Communications Utilization Three distinguished speakers, one from Japan, one from the European Community and one from the USA will address the keynote session topic: Japan: Mr. Hiramatsu, Governor, Ohita Prefecture European Community and USA: To be announced. Track 1 Hardware and Software Technology Theoretical and Physical Limits Implementation Technologies Technology State of the Art - Interactions Technologies - Computing - Communications How Does Industry Cope with Integration? Personal Environments New and Important Methods and Techniques - Design Technique - Network Management - Database Technologies - Multimedia Technology - Optical and Bio Computing - Distributed Computing in Media and the Arts Invited Speakers: G. Holzmann, B. Lindsay, G. Maguire, J. Midwinter, N. Terashima, A. Peled, I. Sugarbroad, R. Williams, M. Yamamoto =========================================== Track 2 Computer and Communications Applications New and Important Applications - Integrated Traffic Management (The Storm Project) - A Multimedia Communication Infrastructure - Personal Assistance Computers - The virtual Factory - The Mobile Office - Intelligent Buildings Application Design Methods - Vendor Independent Platforms for Application Design - Experience with Participative Application Development - User Interface Design - Domain Oriented Design Environments - Object Oriented Application Management Invited Speakers: P. Rauleffs, G. Fischer, M. Moehlenbrink =========================================== Track 3 Social Impacts of Computers and Communications Impact at the National Level - Business Practice - Political Processes - Work and Business - Education Impact at the International Level - International Development - Intellectual Property Protection and Patenting - Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct - Vulnerability and Risk - Disability - Computers, Media and the Arts Pioneers in Computers and Communications Health Care Systems Invited Speakers: J. Berleur, G. Brauer, G. Busby, G. Chapman, K. Duncan, G. Giroud, G. Glaser, J. Guenther, G. Holzmann, P. Jaervinen, R. King, G. Ligeti, T. Machover, S. Mandil, G. Nees, S. Nycum, M. Silverstein, L. Taylor, T. Thahane, I. Wagner, H. Zemanek, K. Zuse =========================================== Track 4 Theoretical Foundations of Computing Algorithms and Data Structures Automata and Formal Languages Computability and Complexity Computational Geometry Cryptography Evolving Algebras Logic of Programs Machine Learning Parallel and Distributed Computations Semantics Specification and Verification Methods Invited Speakers: E. Boerger, L. Guibas, Y. Gurevich, D. Johnson, J. Hartmanis, S. Heinrich, C. Leiserson, A. De Luca, B. McColl, K. Mehlhorn, R. Milner, W. Paul, D. Perrin, A. Shamir, I. Simon, W. Thomas, J. Traub, L. Valiant, G. Wasilkowski, A. Wigderson =========================================== Track 5 Computer and Communications for Developing Countries Building a Local Software Industry for Domestic Needs Building a Local Hardware Industry for Domestic Needs and Export Communications Hardware for Developing Countries Shared Technology from the South-South Dialogue Transfer, Trade, National Policy Issues Human Resources Invited Speakers: D. Bjoerner, A. Cunha de Souza, F. Kamoun, R. Price, K. Subramanian =========================================== Phase 2 - Assessment of Key Issues Congress Site Hamburg has many faces: the German centre of trade and industry, a large international port, university city, shopping paradise and leisure capital. Hamburg's international significance is underlined by the large number of diplomatic representations. No other city in the world has more consulates. The CCH with its city-centre site in a park landscape and leading hotels close by, is just a short stroll away from the shopping arcades and the Alster, Hamburg's famous city-centre lake. Exhibition How does present technology limit participative design? How can users become more involved in design of new applications? Link 1 Technology < = > Applications Issue 1: What Should we Build? - What new applications are enabled by new computer technologies? - What people opportunities are created by pocket size personal Computer and Communications devices? - What technology is missing for applications we want? Issue 2: How Much Applications Knowledge Should a Technologist Have? - Is it really possible for users to create applications from off-the-shelf building blocks? - How can the language gap between technologist and application builders be bridged? ================================= Link 2 Technology <=> Impacts Issue 3: When Virtual Reality Becomes Real... - What technology will emerge from current research into virtual realities? - What are some likely impacts of this technology? - What should be done to maximize the benefits? Issue 4: Utopia? or Chaos? How Should We Control Technology Development? - The life cycle of technology is typically four years and decreasing. How far can the life cycle go? - Does all this new technology really benefit society? - Or has it introduced permanent instability? - How should we foster right concepts and products? - Can/should development be controlled? =============================== Link 3 Foundations <=> Technology Issue 5: How Much Is Safety Worth? - Large investments continue to be made in control technology to ensure safety in such areas as transport, nuclear power production, and others. Given our current knowledge, how safe could it be made? - How much does it cost to reduce hazards by any order of magnitude? - Is it worth the cost? Issue 6: Should We Invest In Intellectual Elegance or Computer Power? - How should we decide whether to invest in fundamental research or technology development? - Are there known but untapped areas of research with high potential value in technology development and application? - How are developers made aware of discoveries in foundation? - Are researchers and developers communicating? =============================== Link 4 Applications <=> Impacts Issue 7: Who Is In Control? User Or Application System? - Designers of applications systems approach design based on their understanding of the way the system will be used. A good design can free users from drudgery, allowing them to bring real human creativity to their job, while a bad design can virtually eliminate creativity, and may even restrict the users ability to do the job. What should be done to maximize the former and minimize the latter? Issue 8: Is Application Development Focused On Real Problems? - Much technology has been introduced into health care and into education and training. Much medical knowledge goes unused in practice. Health care is information intensive. Significant health care computer applications have been only on the business side. Much technology has been introduced into education and training, but with little impact. How can/should Computer and Communications application development be focused on real problems? =============================== Link 5 Developing Countries <=> all Tracks Many countries require local production of computer and Communications hardware and software. Manufacturers cannot manufacture in every country. Technology transfer laws may create vital manufacturing jobs, or they may impede the creation of information sector jobs, by denying imports. Is there a right balance? =============================== Congress Message The Congress is not just a meeting where one listens to papers; rather, it is a true Congress where the participants will actually deliberate the important linkage issues and develop recommen- dations for the computer and communications community. Thus participants will work together to reshape the future of computers and communications in the early part of the 21st century. Their deliberations and recommen-dations will form the basis for the Congress message to the computer and communi- cations community, which will be delivered on the final day of the Congress and disseminated widely after the Congress. =========================== What to submit: =========================== Papers (20 minute presentations addressing tracks or issues - no longer than six pages); posters, videos (12 minute maximum - no longer than one page), and non - commercial demonstrations fitting track or link themes. =========================== When to submit: =========================== Papers by January 14, 1994 (camera - ready manuscripts of accepted papers are due April 22, 1994); posters, video, and non - commercial demonstration descriptions by April 22, 1994. =========================== Where to submit: =========================== All contributions should be sent to the responsible chairperson for the relevant track or link: Track 1 / Link 1 Prof. Dr. Bjoern Pehrson Royal Institue of Technology Swedish Institute of Computer Science Box 1263 S-164 28 Kista, Sweden e-mail: bjorn@sics.se ==================================== Track 2 / Link 4 Prof Dr. Eckart Raubold Institut fuer Tele-Kooperations- technik GMD, Rheinstr. 75 D-64295 Darmstadt Germany e-mail: raubold@darmstadt.gmd.de ==================================== Track 3 / Link 2 Prof. Dr. Klaus Brunnstein Fachbereich Informatik Universitaet Hamburg Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30 D-22527 Hamburg Germany e-mail: brunnstein@rz.informatik.uni-hamburg.d400.de ==================================== Track 4 / Link 3 Prof. Dr. Zvi Galil Department of Computer Science Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA e-mail: galil@ground.cs.columbia.edu ==================================== Track 5 / Link 5 Prof. Dr. Liane Tarouco National Supercomputer Center UFRGS Av Osvaldo Aranha 99 90035 - 190 Porto Alegere - RS Brazil e-mail: liane@penta.cesup.ufrgs.br ====================================